Blueberry Hill (1988 film)

Plot

A small-town girl in the 1950s whose musician father dies suddenly, turns to a woman jazz singer for advice and comfort and discovers she has inherited her father's musical talents and learns some disturbing family secrets.

Blueberry Hill (Alaska)

Blueberry Hill (also known as Meals Hill) is located near downtown Valdez, Alaska.

Location

Blueberry Hill is on the north shore of the Valdez Bay. The elevation of Blueberry Hill is 351 feet (107m). On the west side of Blueberry Hill, a grove of Sitka Spruce make up the northernmost forest in the Pacific temperate rain forest system. The coastal rain forest on Blueberry Hill is approximately one square kilometer. Black bears and bald eagles inhabit the forest on Blueberry Hill.

Blueberry Hill is the largest in a system of hills that border the Valdez Bay. East of Blueberry Hill is Salmonberry or Civic Center Hill, named for the abundant wild salmonberries that grow on the northern shores of Ruth Pond. Southeast of the small boat harbor is Hippie Hill, named after the seasonal workers that inhabited the campground on Hippie Hill during the 1980s and 1990s. The Blueberry Hill network contains the Mineral Creek Islands east of town in the Valdez Tide Flats.

Blueberry Hill and all the hills in Blueberry Hill group are composed of metamorphicschist. Undisturbed exposed rock is visible on many of the cliff beaches surrounding the town of Valdez.

The restaurant is considered a St. Louis landmark, drawing tourists and locals during the day, and then becoming a popular hangout for university students in the evening, mostly from nearby Washington University. The restaurant is famous for its decor, its cheeseburger and its darts room. It is frequently mentioned by St. Louis-based announcer Bob Costas.

Joe Edwards and Linda Edwards opened Blueberry Hill on September 8, 1972. Since opening, the restaurant has expanded into the adjacent spaces on the east and the west, and it now occupies an entire block of Delmar Boulevard.

Outside the restaurant is the St. Louis Walk of Fame, the work of Joe Edwards. The Walk lines the sidewalks on both sides of Delmar, and is made up of bronze stars and informative biographical plaques honoring individuals from the St. Louis area who have made major national contributions to US cultural heritage.